Putot-en-Auge

Putot-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Putot-en-Auge
The church in Putot-en-Auge
Location of Putot-en-Auge
Putot-en-Auge
Putot-en-Auge
Coordinates: 49°13′06″N 0°04′02″W
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentCalvados
ArrondissementLisieux
CantonCabourg
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Alain Asmant
Area
1
6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
296
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
14524 /14430
Elevation3–139 m (9.8–456.0 ft)
(avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

On the hill to the east of Putot a vicious battle was fought on August 19, 1944. The Allied casualties lie in the small churchyard of Putot-en-Auge.

The village features heavily in the book "13 - Lucky For Some" which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962208    
1968202−2.9%
1975304+50.5%
1982344+13.2%
1990352+2.3%
1999330−6.2%
2008286−13.3%

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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